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07 October 2015

Visited the location site of 007 film "You Only Live Twice"

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Last month during what is called "Silver week" holidays (September 19 to 23), I visited a feudal period castle, Himeji Castle. It is located in Himeji city, 3 hours and half by Bullet Train from Tokyo and almost 1 hour from Kyoto. As the train was reaching the Himeji station, I could view the white castle from the window.   As soon as I got out of the station, I could view the castle far away. It was magnificient view. As I got closer to the castle, its appearance impressed me more.   The castle has had that appearance since early 17th century. It...

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30 December 2014

Film: 007 "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Best in the series

I learnt the queen is called "Her majesty" by this film. Just like Emperor is called "His majesty." The story is just as unrealistic as other films in the series. James Bond went to Switzerland to search for a bad guy who tried to spread poisonous chemical all over the world. While the search, he met a beautiful woman and fell in love with her. Great thing about this film was that James...

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30 October 2013

TV show "Covert Affairs", US version of Ninja

I recently rent DVD series of TV show “Covert Affairs.” The story is about a female CIA agent who is multi-lingual and her associates.   The show reminded me of 1970’s most...

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